Automobile-heater.



a, B.'MORDEN.

AUTOMOBILE HEATER.

. APPLICATION mm DEC. 14. I917.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

INVENTOR I @aorcy B mra wa ATTORNFY GEORGE B. MORDEN, OF SEATTLE,WASHING'LLUN.

AUroMoBILE-nEArnR.

Z'o all whom a may concern: Be t known that I, GEORGE B. MORDEN,

a.'citize n of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county ofKing and State of ashing-ton, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Automobile-Heate r .s,.o f which the following is aspecification.

. .This invention relates to automobiles or the like.

The main obJect of my invention is the provision of simple andiner'zpensively con- .structcd means for utilizing the heat of anautomobile engines exhaust gases for heating purposes. A further objectis the-provision of a heater which will effectually serve as a mutlier.

1 The invention .consists in the novel con- .st ruction, adaptation andcombination of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

1 In the accompanying drawings. Figure 1 is a plan View of apparatusembodylng the present invention, parts being broken away to disclose theinterior of the radiator member. Fig. 2 is a transverse"vertical sectionof the-apparatus shown applied. Fig. 3 is :1 Ion 'itudinal verticalsection of the same.

Re erring to the drawings, the numeral 5 designates a radiator in theform. preferably, of a rectangular box having a remorable cover 6 whichis secured to the radiator body as by screws 7. Extending into the frontof said radiator and. adjacent to one of its sides is a pipe 8 forming abranch of a pipe 9 through which is exhausted the gaseous combustionproducts of an automobileengine, not shown.

-,The branch 8 and a second branch 10 are connected to the exhaust pipe9 by a casing 11 of a three-way valve 12. Said valve is pivotallyconnected to a crank arm 13 whereby the valve is regulated, as by meansof a pedal attachment 14, to direct the exhaust.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25. 2%19.

Application filed December 14, 1917. Serial No. 207,189.

have one of its ends 16 at a short distance from and in a verticalplane. extending through the projected axis of the branch 8. The otherend 16 of this baffle terminates within a short distance from andintermediate of the length of the baffle 17 which, a

as shown, is arran ed in angular relation with respect to bei e 16. Bysuch an arrangement of bafiies the gases emitted into the radiator aredivided by the end of battle 16 into two currents, one of which isdefleeted by the balile face 16 against the face 17 of the other baiiie17, whence it is de flected and directed indicated by arrow :1: (Fig. 1)into the space back of baiiie 17 to escape by pipe 15. The other of thereferredto currents from the branch 8 passes through the space back ofthe baffle 16 and thence. as indicated by arrow y, joins the firstmentioned current at the outlet15.

The radiator 5 is contained in .a' casing 18 which is open at the topand is connected from its sides to car frame members 19 below an opening20 in. the car floor 21. in said floor opening is a perforated plate 22,and between the latter and the top of the radiator is a plate 23 havinga centrally disposed opening of loss Width and length than the'radiaterthereby affording: deflector elements 23 and 23 which extend inwardlyfrom the planes of the ends and sides of the radiator, as shown in Figs.and 3.

The aforesaid casing is desirably of rec tangular shape and of somewhatgreater dimensions than the radiator to provide air spaces 24 and 24beneath and about the sidesand ends of the radiator, the spaces 24communicating by spaces 24- below the deflector elements and Q3 with theopening of plate 23.

Legs 25 provided on the radiator are employed to retain the radiator inits spaced reation with the bottom 18 ot the casing, and

is held down by means of screws 26 extending through the casing bottomand lon 'itudinally disposed channel bars 27 upon which the casing issupported. receive the ends of hanger bolts 28 depending from the carfloor 21.

26 and 28 represent, nuts respectively engaging the threaded ends of thescrews 26 and bolts 28.

By thus securing the radiator and the easing to the supporting bars 27,the casing me be made of relatively thin material and al Provided Thebars 27 also vibrating is obviated. 29 represents air inlet holesprovided in the casing bottom 18 at about the nidwidth thereoi.

To opera-tethe apparatus, the valve 12 is brought into the position inwhich it is shown in Fig. 3, thereby directing the hot gases fromexhaust pi Qhthrough branch 8 into the radiator 5. ll ie ;stream ofgases when encountering the end 16 of the battle 16, is divided into twocurrents which, through the offices of the two baflies 16 and 17, areguided about the radiator chamber and eventually discharged throughoutlet pipe 15. As this occurs, air isadmitted through holes 29 into thecasing 18 below the radiator and thence flows through the ducts orspaces 24 against the underside of the deflector elements23 and 23 to bedo fiected thereby against the top of the radiator to finally escape ina heated state through the perforated floor plate 22 to warm theinterior oft-he car or the feet of the occupants when placed upon suchplate.

' When the exhaust gases are caused tofiow through the radiator and byreason of-the cirei'litous paths by which it traverses the interior ofthe same, the noisesof the escaption to performing the oliice of heatingthe air which passes throughthe casing 18.

111;; gases are silenced and in consequence the apparatus serves as amother in addi- By regulating the valve 12, the exhaust 2.111 apparatusof the class described; v

the combination with the floor of a motor vehicle and a radiator, of acasing inclosing said radiator and provided with air inlet and outletopenings, respectively, below and above. the radiator, bars supportingsaid casv ing, fastenings to secure the radiator to both the casing andto said bars, and means engaging the bars for suspending the casing andthe radiator from said vehicle floor. v

Signed at Seattle, \Vashington, this 6th day of'-l)ecember 1917. g o frEORGE B. i\ I()RDEN. Vitnessesf p PIERRE Barnes. E, PETERSON;

